Chapter 12 Paranoia of Persecution
A few knights carefully lifted the plates as solemnly as if they were lifting them up in a ceremony. After placing them on the altar, they went back to kneel down and pray.
Li Chengqi felt a question pop up in his head. He had never asked for a sacrifice.
Roll the mouse wheel to zoom in and look left and right. No matter how you look at it, it is a dinner plate covered by a dining cover.
I have seen people offering pastries, livestock, and fruits to gods. It’s okay to just put the dinner plate on them.
Or is it that Viola's understanding of the wooden plate is too superficial, thinking that the plate means that Li Chengqi is hungry?
One thing to say, I am indeed hungry.
The small restaurant next door is closed, so Li Chengqi can only survive on instant noodles these days.
Okay, I hope you don't see anything scary.
I reached into the screen and pulled it back, and then I heard something hard hitting the plastic on the edge of the screen, making a soft ding.
The 16-inch laptop screen is indeed small.
So Li Chengqi took another HDMI cable and connected the laptop to the monitor screen in the store.
This time I reached in again, and a silvery, hemispherical large dinner plate was reluctantly pulled out with the fluctuation of the screen.
He knocked on the dining cover used to keep it warm. It seemed to be really silver.
Li Chengqi's mobile phone and the desktop computer upstairs both automatically installed the AAI game as if they were infected by a virus. He always uses a laptop because he feels that if he wants to interact with people in the game, he must use a touch screen. Generally, The screen doesn't work.
But since it’s okay to look at the monitor screen, it shouldn’t matter what screen it is.
Li Chengqi still had no idea why this was the case, or why he could directly affect things in the game with his hands and take out things in the game.
But again, it’s a blessing, not a curse, it’s a curse that cannot be avoided. Anyway, let’s play with it now and wait until there are real problems.
Putting the dinner plate on the cashier counter, opening the dinner cover, a layer of warm water vapor gently patted Li Chengqi's face.
Then he saw a bowl of vegetable soup, a plate of pan-fried steak, and a large piece of white bread on the dinner plate, all of which seemed to be steaming freshly out of the pan.
He lowered his head and sniffed. The chops were probably mutton chops. They had a strong smell of mutton, and not many spices were added to cover up the smell.
Although Li Chengqi doesn't like Western food, it is much better than instant noodles.
He took a bag of barbecue ingredients from his own shelf and sprinkled it on the steak. Then Li Chengqi took out two large plastic bowls given by instant noodles and transferred the vegetable soup and steak to them.
"The bread is a bit hard... Is this really what nobles eat?"
The texture of the bread is more like biting into a slightly fluffy flatbread. It is not as soft as expected, and it is dry and tasteless. It is not as good as the cheap ones on the shelves of your own store.
If you think carefully about the background in the game, it would be nice to have white bread to eat. Despite the existence of magic, the level of social development was not much better than that of the Middle Ages.
I remember that when he looked at the villagers in Heim Village in the morning, he found that all they ate was black bread. They had to soak it in hot water and then add water and mash it into a paste before they could eat it. This was a staple food for farmers.
In comparison, white bread is already an imperial treat.
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April 2, night, 648 years of the Demon King's Calendar.
The golden wine glass crashed on the table, and Lord Leon exhaled a breath of alcohol: "What on earth is Her Royal Highness doing? Why don't you recruit soldiers and leave quickly? If this continues, my territory will be destroyed by the flames of war!" "
The young lord, who was only thirty years old, complained dissatisfiedly. He thought that the princess would only stay here for a few days and then leave. Unexpectedly, Viola had great plans to stay in the Leon territory for a long time.
If the Demon Kingdom of Avarus was still there, it would be an unthinkable good thing for the princess to stay here for a long time. But now that the kingdom is basically gone, it would be a huge hidden danger for the princess to stay here for a long time.
"Has the princess shown any intention of setting off recently?"
"No, my lord."
The butler beside him diligently refilled the gold wine glass with wine and said softly: "Your Highness has often talked with the common people in the city recently. I am worried that those common people may say bad things about you."
"Hmph! I don't care what the untouchables say!"
Lord Leon said angrily: "Her Royal Highness has no consciousness of causing trouble to others at all. She is indeed an arrogant royal family."
"My lord is right."
The housekeeper agreed: "When the princess comes, we shouldn't let her enter the city."
"You idiot! I am still nominally the lord of the Demon Kingdom of Avarus, how could I not let her enter the city! Do you want my family's reputation to be stained?"
"My subordinate said something wrong. Please forgive me, Lord."
Nobles valued honor, and some poor nobles had to maintain their dignity even if they were trying to make themselves look fat, let alone blatantly rejecting the lord they should serve. Once word spread, Lord Leon would be embarrassed to see anyone.
But reputation is one thing, and whether Lord Leon is willing to let Princess Viola continue to stay in the territory is another matter.
The Demon Kingdom of Avarus was captured by the four-nation coalition and the country was basically in a state of destruction. Even Lord Leon on the border had heard about it.
He doesn't care whether the country exists, as long as he continues to be his local emperor in this remote place.
It was originally planned that no matter which country in the Four-Nation Alliance sent troops, he would immediately open the city, surrender, and pledge allegiance to the Three Alliances with one click.
loyalty?
Loyalty also depends on strength, okay?
There are a total of more than a hundred soldiers in the Leon Territory responsible for guarding the gates and maintaining law and order. They have no power to protect themselves. It is wise to change camps quickly.
But Lord Leon never expected that Princess Viola, who should have been heavily surrounded, could actually escape from the capital and pass through the encirclement all the way into the territory of Leon.
Lord Leon had no choice but to show a welcoming attitude when he saw Princess Viola, otherwise he might be hung on the city gate to dry on the spot.
Frowning tightly, Lord Leon asked again:
"What did Your Highness Princess do today?"
"The people who were watching said that the princess went to Heim Village outside the city."
"Heim Village? What are you doing there?"
The butler shook his head:
"The people who were watching only saw a burst of light appearing near the entrance of the village. Specifically..."
"A burst of light..."
Lord Leon suddenly thought of something.
"You said before that the princess transformed the audience hall into a chapel, right? Have you seen the statues there?"
"Well, although the statue is still made by stone masons, there is a palm-shaped holy emblem inside."
The housekeeper gestured with his hand:
"Her Royal Highness the Princess leads people to pray inside every day."
"No, there is something strange. Although I rarely go to the royal capital, I also know that there is no involvement of any gods in the Demon Kingdom of Avarus. If Her Royal Highness was a believer, the news should have spread long ago."
After thinking for a moment, Lord Leon said:
"Which god do they worship?"
"No, my subordinates heard what they mentioned about the Demon King and God."
Lord Leon has some impression of this name. He remembers seeing it in the family library when he was a child. It is said that this Demon King God created all demons and is the true ancestor.
"I see!"
Upon hearing this, Lord Leon stood up and shouted angrily: "Princess Viola wants to take away my territory!"
(End of chapter)